Why Postmen Fought the SS

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  • @endutubecensorship
    @endutubecensorship Рік тому +500

    3:29 The Vis 35 Radom pistol with the Polish eagle is an amazing attention to detail, well done!!

    • @tomaccino
      @tomaccino Рік тому +15

      When I read they use Unreal Engine to animate, they surely did justice for everyone on that faithful day!

  • @samueldamuel1689
    @samueldamuel1689 Рік тому +8492

    What we have learned: Polish post offices are viable military fighting positions

    • @theotherohlourdespadua1131
      @theotherohlourdespadua1131 Рік тому +328

      The Irish proved that point before during the Easter Rising as one of the strongholds of that failed uprising is the Dublin Post Office...

    • @itsalmostfun8567
      @itsalmostfun8567 Рік тому +169

      Dude 75 mm shells hitting the office like its made out of thick concrete for bunkers

    • @MIMALECKIPL
      @MIMALECKIPL Рік тому +124

      @@itsalmostfun8567 Those buildings are usually made to last

    • @sakariaskarlsson634
      @sakariaskarlsson634 Рік тому +47

      God its a damn post office you arent expected to hold off a military assault

    • @sakariaskarlsson634
      @sakariaskarlsson634 Рік тому +22

      Not that i mind if they do

  • @goose6.070
    @goose6.070 Рік тому +680

    "I don't care how many tanks you have THE MAIL IS GETTING DELIVERED"

    • @Expressmusic457
      @Expressmusic457 5 місяців тому +10

      Nothing stops the mail

    • @N4jss
      @N4jss 4 місяці тому +5

      they actually took great pride in keeping the post working during war :D my guess is mostly because of all the soldiers sending death letters to their families

    • @RhinoBarbarian
      @RhinoBarbarian 4 місяці тому +7

      "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor tanks nor gernades nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

    • @NickMagee208
      @NickMagee208 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Expressmusic457This could be a C&C generals bomb truck reference lol

    • @Hawk_Republic
      @Hawk_Republic 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@NickMagee208For the GLA!

  • @Historical-mi8hd
    @Historical-mi8hd Рік тому +2107

    It's heartbreaking to see how hard they tried but only little survived. The animations are getting better and more detailed

    • @Goc4ever
      @Goc4ever Рік тому +89

      I absolutely agree, it was agonizing knowing that the Germans would have killed them regardless of having surrendered or not and Yarnub has impressed us as always with these obscure events.

    • @kieranadamson3224
      @kieranadamson3224 Рік тому

      It shows a large part of the horror of WW2. Both sides, but particularly the Axis, are guilty of confirmed stories of horrific treatment of civilians and surrendered soldiers such as rapes or being shot during surrender respectively as well as unconfirmed stories of the same or similar crimes on larger scales. This war truly brought the devil out in humanity.

    • @zbigniewmalec4816
      @zbigniewmalec4816 Рік тому

      To make things even worse - Yarnhub mentions sham trial. They were convicted and executed by the Germans. This trial was invalidated only in the late '80s after long and protracted process. It's really hard to explain why the German Courts were taking so long to resolve it.

    • @TheRealToast0
      @TheRealToast0 Рік тому +6

      “The only way to make it happen is if the people are who they are in the a lot of the people that you know are in a lot more than people that are in a big group and you don’t have to be a big group to make a decision and then they have a big group that they can talk about it and they have a lot of people who have a huge group that they is interested in and that is what I they have a huge community and they want to "that was random clicking

    • @winter15motivation44
      @winter15motivation44 Рік тому

      They don't have any combat experience why german has losses

  • @Para_MimeProductions
    @Para_MimeProductions Рік тому +885

    That final photo of all of the captured people is so heart wrenching. They were so helpless. You look and the photo and can only imagine the fear they had

    • @utrock5067
      @utrock5067 Рік тому +21

      And don't forget this view as this is also what's happening in Ukraine.

    • @Para_MimeProductions
      @Para_MimeProductions Рік тому +45

      @@utrock5067 yes, and it happens in every war. It’s just horrible what we humans do to each other. There was the c0nc3ntration c@mps, the gas of WW1, the nuclear weapon. There is so much more that we could do, and it’s just so sad to think that none of us can get along.

    • @UN-BIASED
      @UN-BIASED Рік тому +56

      @@utrock5067 do not ever compare ww2 with the ukraine war lmao

    • @utrock5067
      @utrock5067 Рік тому +16

      @@UN-BIASEDwhy's that ? Everyone's been comparing putin to adolf enough times already.

    • @masterchief-vd1xs
      @masterchief-vd1xs Рік тому +9

      ​@@UN-BIASEDwhy not? There are some similarities. Parts of the donbas are primarily russian, Danzig was to 95% German and wanted back

  • @VlerkeDamne
    @VlerkeDamne Рік тому +601

    Everyone is talking about history, but no one is appreciating the amazing animation and video quality that this guy produced. Absolutely amazing work 🙏

    • @Pvixroidz
      @Pvixroidz 9 місяців тому +2

      That’s why I’m saying

    • @Pvixroidz
      @Pvixroidz 9 місяців тому +2

      You don’t understand how long I have been searching for a comment like this

    • @Festivejelly
      @Festivejelly 7 місяців тому +1

      Theres load of comments talking about the quality of the video, what are you on about?

    • @F1exe
      @F1exe 5 місяців тому

      That is the bacis

    • @EthanNelick-k5y
      @EthanNelick-k5y 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Festivejellyhe probably didnt look he just posted the comment

  • @CharlieH99
    @CharlieH99 Рік тому +1164

    One of my teachers grandfather took part in defence of Gdańsk post office. He never spoke much about that(which is completely understandable, we were just his students) but every time he mentioned it i could see sadness on his face. Long live the memory of our heroes.

  • @Momo_Kawashima
    @Momo_Kawashima Рік тому +4758

    Took them 180 men, three armored cars, two 75mm guns, one 105mm gun, two explosive charges and a buttwagon of gasoline to fight 40 postmen in a span of 18 hours

    • @Arlington_Menendez
      @Arlington_Menendez Рік тому +385

      Including 3 attempts to take the building 2 of the attempts they were pushed back.

    • @signs80
      @signs80 Рік тому +448

      The crazy part is that the postmen had largely pistols with a handful of rifles and 3 machine guns. They were not even close to armed like a standard military unit even.

    • @DonVetto-vx9dd
      @DonVetto-vx9dd Рік тому +64

      Their tactics suck hard.

    • @Khornecussion
      @Khornecussion Рік тому +1

      @@DonVetto-vx9dd What do you expect? They're SS. If the fight isn't lopsided enough that they can just walk in an execute you, they're useless.

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP Рік тому +143

      ​@@DonVetto-vx9dd Ok Sergeant Major

  • @collaborisgaming2190
    @collaborisgaming2190 Рік тому +132

    3:15 fun fact about the Polish Mosins: they fired 7.92 Mauser, the Same ammo the Germans used, many were WW1 Era Mosins rechambered. the Poles had thier own Mausers too because they Inherited parts of the German Empire's Industry.

    • @303_Films
      @303_Films Рік тому +6

      Glad you covered this my friend! Very good thing to mention.

    • @aleksandersokal5279
      @aleksandersokal5279 Рік тому +4

      Polish army mostly used Mauser rifles of Polish production in the early war.

    • @303_Films
      @303_Films Рік тому +3

      @@aleksandersokal5279 Ofc, the standard rifle for the Polish army was the Kb wz.98a (gewehr 98) in 1939.

    • @collaborisgaming2190
      @collaborisgaming2190 Рік тому +3

      @@aleksandersokal5279 especially after they couldn't get any more Mausers for Mosins from the Finnish and using old Mauser Factories made polish production Mauser rifles.
      Early Polish Army pre-war focused on fielding 8mm Mauser shooting weapons and with their Russian Imperial mosin stock traded Finland for Mausers received from Germany during the Finnish Civil War which was how the Poles got So many K98AZs which they inevitably Used in WW2 because the AZs were Fire, in fact the K98K was just a modernized AZ in all intents and Purpose, Stormtrooper Vets must have asked for it in the new Wehrmacht by 1935.
      I bet they used some AZ factory tooling to pump out thier Carbines, they were already fielding G98 variants called 98As based on the German G98. 98As 1925s (mosins firing Mauser ammo), 1929s were based on the K98K but were Straight bolt.
      lol, now I want a Polish 8mm Mauser Mosin (Karabinek 91/98/25) so badly, It can mount both Russian and German Bayonets and I wonder if you could mount both at the Same time to make some Cursed COD Melee build gun.

    • @303_Films
      @303_Films Рік тому

      @@collaborisgaming2190 You probably couldn't mount two bayonets at the same time xD. Maybe if you modified the bayonet lug to hold to bayonets, but that would just be destroying the historical piece, and since it's Polish, it's rarer to get. I personally own a Wz.29, not a real one, but a pretty damn good replica! It does consist some original parts though. Absolutely great detail for my Polish 1939 uniform. Appreciate the information! Glad someone else is interested in the Polish armoury genesis.

  • @BattleshipBriskmarckOfficial
    @BattleshipBriskmarckOfficial Рік тому +595

    Those warship shots was from the Old German pre-dreadnought Schleswig-Holstein. She was credited as the first shots fired of The Second World War.

    • @carrott36
      @carrott36 Рік тому +53

      The first shots fired in anger of the first world war was Australian Coastal Artillery firing warning shots at a German ship that was in port when the war started.

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 Рік тому

      Huh

    • @kippert8912
      @kippert8912 Рік тому +1

      I thought the actual invasion started the day before

    • @carrott36
      @carrott36 Рік тому +5

      @@kippert8912Yes, but she bombarded several targets when the war began.

    • @bruhism173
      @bruhism173 Рік тому +3

      You all have missed mark Felton's actual Start of WW2

  • @thecomputer1337
    @thecomputer1337 Рік тому +979

    Germans: "We have come to take over!"
    Polish Postmen: "You got a stamp?"

    • @ajohnymous5699
      @ajohnymous5699 Рік тому +33

      They went from Schitzstaffel to StampedStaffel in just a few hours

    • @misterhuman895
      @misterhuman895 10 місяців тому +2

      @@ajohnymous5699 you mean Schutzstaffel

    • @tomasz8614
      @tomasz8614 7 місяців тому +7

      @@misterhuman895shitstaffel

    • @misterhuman895
      @misterhuman895 7 місяців тому

      @@tomasz8614 Scheissestaffel*

    • @ac4694
      @ac4694 7 місяців тому

      XDDDDD

  • @theyedmeister6981
    @theyedmeister6981 Рік тому +38

    I guess you could say...........
    They went postal

  • @郭子睿RayKuo
    @郭子睿RayKuo Рік тому +2452

    It’s very surprising of how the polish army can fight against the strong German army for such a long time, respect

    • @BaguettePair
      @BaguettePair Рік тому +16

      Ok

    • @VMan29397
      @VMan29397 Рік тому +267

      They lost not because of a lack of heart but because of lack of equipment. If they were on par with the Germans in terms of equipment you might have seen a much different outcome

    • @noahburch3026
      @noahburch3026 Рік тому +37

      W polish

    • @neft5449
      @neft5449 Рік тому +77

      ​@@VMan29397if only instead of lend leasing the Soviets we would've land leased the Poles

    • @tu7765
      @tu7765 Рік тому +11

      ​@@neft5449How?

  • @robloxlol672
    @robloxlol672 Рік тому +4135

    Never underestimate a local postman.

    • @Sparrta
      @Sparrta Рік тому +32

      Willie Bethke - oh I will!

    • @RoevenWasHere
      @RoevenWasHere Рік тому +14

      Here before this blows up

    • @fish1234-o
      @fish1234-o Рік тому +10

      Here before this blows up

    • @maxbennett5412
      @maxbennett5412 Рік тому +17

      Forgot his name but look up paratroopers and the fat electrician and you will find one hell of an old postman and paratrooper.

    • @jasonlin9805
      @jasonlin9805 Рік тому +4

      Here before it blows up

  • @brightace19
    @brightace19 8 місяців тому +15

    1:55 I have never seen a transition that good, hats off to you and the editors. Really great idea putting your video thumbnails / video inside a video 🎉🎉🎉

  • @FinleyLengel-rp2bm
    @FinleyLengel-rp2bm Рік тому +354

    I love how this channel one from 2-D animation to realistic, 3-D animation, let alone producing them once a week Your team is doing great and I know for a fact my post office would not do anything like this

  • @kozmonauta0515
    @kozmonauta0515 Рік тому +922

    I love how the SS’s first recorded military action was them failing to take a post office, having to beg for canons three times from the Wehrmacht, and execute unarmed men and civilians to compesate for their fragile ego

    • @kaa13
      @kaa13 Рік тому +43

      To be "fair" ,that was "only" some kind of militia that could not compare with any unit of the regular army in an actual battle.

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 Рік тому +78

      there was some stuff in western poland too they were criticized for; the waffen-ss in 1939 were very green and worse quality militarily than after, at the time they werent rly even fitting; they mostly were 'behind the lines' in 1939
      Note the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe were also committing atrocities in 1939

    • @fuxihutterer8088
      @fuxihutterer8088 Рік тому

      what warcrimes@@mareksicinski3726

    • @piotrmalewski8178
      @piotrmalewski8178 Рік тому +33

      @@kaa13 To be fair, SS received very poor military training initially and done a lot of stupid, unprofessional actions in 1939 while those postment were military veterans.

    • @Luxia-f1e
      @Luxia-f1e Рік тому +41

      it marks the general pattern of the whole war. the waffen ss, despite often having the best equipment in their whole military, would almost always fail at anything close to a fair fight, and need the regular german army to bail them out.
      the only thing that matched their cruelty was their ineptitude

  • @STRACHU100
    @STRACHU100 Рік тому +88

    among civilians inside the Post Office there was a 10 year old girl- Erwina Barzychowska. After surrender, germans soaked her with gasoline and set on fire- she was dying for 3 weeks...

    • @fuxihutterer8088
      @fuxihutterer8088 Рік тому +12

      hahahahahahahahh good propaganda

    • @STRACHU100
      @STRACHU100 Рік тому +64

      @@fuxihutterer8088 she was the first child vicim of 2nd WW, well documented case...

    • @STRACHU100
      @STRACHU100 Рік тому +62

      @@fuxihutterer8088 I am surprised you choose to laugh at it.... give us something to think about your compassion

    • @xmaciejxxx
      @xmaciejxxx 8 місяців тому +6

      pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

    • @lukasz.adamski
      @lukasz.adamski 8 місяців тому

      ​@@fuxihutterer8088You can read it in your own language, nazi:
      de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

  • @karazanic
    @karazanic Рік тому +706

    As a Pole i'm incredibly proud you guys decided to animate this event. Thank you.
    If there is any chance for it, i hope you will consider telling the story of Westerplatte too, as just like the post office defense, is an event that started WW2, and happened in the same city, at the same time.

    • @CombatFlapjack
      @CombatFlapjack Рік тому +1

      ww2, bro.

    • @karazanic
      @karazanic Рік тому +14

      @@CombatFlapjack I pressed the wrong number and didn't notice, my bad bro

    • @HenriMarcinkowski
      @HenriMarcinkowski Рік тому +3

      Us poles got to stick together

    • @gloriamori7027
      @gloriamori7027 Рік тому +2

      Im Pole too.

    • @lordpazo6784
      @lordpazo6784 Рік тому +5

      Imo, Hel defense was more impressive. Westerplatte surrendered prematurely while Hel fought until the last days of the Polish invasion. they held out longer then cities like Warsaw

  • @Scooter-kx3ic
    @Scooter-kx3ic Рік тому +506

    It amazes me how your animation keeps getting better every time you post. I’ve been watching since the original video of the ye old pub incident.

    • @maxbennett5412
      @maxbennett5412 Рік тому +1

      Pretty much the same as you and I agree.

    • @shoeofobama6091
      @shoeofobama6091 Рік тому

      the animation of this is truly amazing

    • @rs_SlavikK
      @rs_SlavikK Рік тому

      My first video of them was the 2d German aircraft who escorted an beaten American into their airspace, which has been remade in 3d a year or so later

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman Рік тому +1

      I want the old style back. This does not work with the janky animations and just crashes into the uncanny valley for me. It worked with the old style.

    • @suomalainenpallo27
      @suomalainenpallo27 Рік тому

      @@Ozzianman old style is nostalgic but i mean come one, the new ones are so much better

  • @Izannaziza
    @Izannaziza Рік тому +90

    I am a Jamaican and if you know my history then you know. I have been to Poland a few times Gdansk too. If I was to chose which European I like the most I think it would be the Poles because they remind me of my people, always someone who wants to destroy them, enslave them and take their lands but they always fought and survived. I also read a story (hidden history) as a kid that during the napoleonic wars napoleon sent some Polish men/soldiers to Haiti to quash the slave uprising. Those same Polish soldiers ended up joining the slaves to fight Napoleons men who wanted to continue denying freedom. Poles know the true meaning of freedom. You might think don’t mess with America, China, Russia but I say don’t mess with people who know the TRUE meaning of freedom, the Polish people. Besides, I like their food too.

    • @pawealbrzykowski9251
      @pawealbrzykowski9251 6 місяців тому +2

    • @jedrzejsotys5255
      @jedrzejsotys5255 6 місяців тому +6

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Haitians

    • @Izannaziza
      @Izannaziza 6 місяців тому +3

      @@jedrzejsotys5255
      TAK, that’s the one. 👍

    • @matthiuskoenig3378
      @matthiuskoenig3378 3 місяці тому +1

      Meh, the Poles were just as imperialist, if not more so, than other European countries. They just lost in relatively recent history.

  • @unclenogbad1509
    @unclenogbad1509 Рік тому +578

    As a UK Postman, I salute my comrades here, heroes all.

    • @danyalmemish6309
      @danyalmemish6309 Рік тому +4

      Me too 👍

    • @Suchoj022
      @Suchoj022 Рік тому +1

      Thanx for that.

    • @magicalsteve2530
      @magicalsteve2530 Рік тому +7

      no way the royal mail would resist

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@magicalsteve2530they fell to the IRA in 1916

    • @derkylos
      @derkylos 8 місяців тому

      The Germans marked British post offices as valuable targets for Operation Sealion.

  • @visassess8607
    @visassess8607 Рік тому +2894

    The Poles deserve a lot more attention and respect for their service in WW2.

    • @alanmeasures8337
      @alanmeasures8337 Рік тому +104

      So right we had great polish pilots in the royal air force part of the few

    • @yamatokurusaki5790
      @yamatokurusaki5790 Рік тому +43

      meanwhile czechoslovaks and other nations

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 Рік тому +61

      The Greeks & Yugoslavs: "You guys get attention?"

    • @bobolobocus333
      @bobolobocus333 Рік тому +33

      @@alanmeasures8337 "Never before was so much owed to so few"

    • @alanmeasures8337
      @alanmeasures8337 Рік тому +5

      @@bobolobocus333 Agreed

  • @jimhorton1271
    @jimhorton1271 Рік тому +26

    people actually saying "But the germans tactics sucked" and "But the germans weren't defended and had equal equipment" Probably don't know how defending a building from with Light artillery works. did you miss the part were there were only a hand full really defending. Those people were Polish heros and some people think its ok to belittle them like come on guys.

  • @ArktinenPeikko
    @ArktinenPeikko Рік тому +159

    As a war history and random trivia nerd I really appreciate these precious nuggets of war trivia and small stories of past heroes. I had never even heard of this particular one. Thank you.

    • @jamesanderson7243
      @jamesanderson7243 Рік тому

      Same

    • @amadeosendiulo2137
      @amadeosendiulo2137 Рік тому +6

      It's a major historical event in the Polish historiography.

    • @jamesanderson7243
      @jamesanderson7243 Рік тому +1

      @@amadeosendiulo2137 I felt like the story sounded familiar

    • @ArktinenPeikko
      @ArktinenPeikko Рік тому

      @@amadeosendiulo2137 I figured it would be, and didn't mean it in any demeaning way. As a whole though, this would still be a one small siege during a huge war, pretty much like some random battle during winter war was for us Finns.

    • @piotrmalewski8178
      @piotrmalewski8178 Рік тому +2

      Then you'll like this: Something like mentioned in 4:28 happened on much bigger scale. The defence of Chocim fortress in 1672 against invasion from Ottoman Empire was given to Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski despite his lack of knowledge on fortress defence, because he was the only trusted officer who agreed to defend a fortress in such a bad shape.
      Spending his own funds, he recruited a little over 1000 soldiers and 500 civilians to defend the fortress while he needed at least 8 000 to cover the walls. He also lacked modern artillery and engineers. Regardless, he managed to halt Ottoman army for 19 days and at one point, when Turks blew up an unguarded part of the wall, he ran there and fought the Turkish attack alone before just one more nobleman joined him and the two managed to repel the assault with bombs and muskets they had prepared at the position.
      He managed to negotiate with the Turks that they would let the civilians leave the city free and unharmed, and shortly after an artillery officer from Courland blasted to the armory with a torch, killing himself, Colonel Wołodyjowski and the fortress' defenders. Folk myth is that Colonel didn't want to give fortress to the enemy and wanted the event to 'wake the nation' since it all happened because the Republic neglected funding of the army and fortifications for decades.

  • @CT--7556
    @CT--7556 Рік тому +113

    This reminds me a bit of an event that happened in Czechoslovakia on March 14. 1939 during the occupation by German troops. A detachment of soldiers in the town of Místek refused to hand over the barracks to the Germans, and a similar battle broke out there. The Czechoslovaks surrendered there only after they ran out of ammunition and an order from the high command.

    • @mpingo91
      @mpingo91 Рік тому +5

      This was shown on one of the popular channels about ww2. Mark Felton Productions probably?

  • @Mike-hy9wy
    @Mike-hy9wy 5 місяців тому +6

    I heard about their fight just a few months ago. What an amazing story. Thanks for sharing this on UA-cam.

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment Рік тому +970

    Postmen decided to deliver them SS to hell instead.

  • @csbanki
    @csbanki Рік тому +444

    No matter how many stories I hear about Polish people, I'm always amazed by their courage and determination!
    Long live Poland, greetings from Hungary!

    • @cyber_habanero
      @cyber_habanero Рік тому

      Yea, then read about the Polnish agression-wars they conducted on all their neighbors between 1918-1921. Nationalistic Poland was never a nice and peaceful nation. And today Polnish PiS-party is on the same way to dictatorship like Orban and Putin, dreaming of an imperialist greater Poland again.

    • @P0CZT0WY1
      @P0CZT0WY1 Рік тому +8

      Thanks bro

    • @pablothorn3591
      @pablothorn3591 Рік тому +6

      Thank you brother

    • @paulinasieron9261
      @paulinasieron9261 11 місяців тому +2

      Thank you sir, and Just fyi we r seriously fcked up when it comes to fight i was rised same way as my forefathers were and im doing the same thing for my kids.

    • @jimcady9309
      @jimcady9309 11 місяців тому

      I'm sorry that you have to deal with your own homegrown fascism now. Oh, excuse me. "illiberal democracy".

  • @PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven
    @PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven Рік тому +20

    Instead of mail they're delivering the pain.

  • @Nayed1
    @Nayed1 Рік тому +72

    I loved how yarnhub made the polish salute right(with two fingers)

  • @billy4734
    @billy4734 Рік тому +461

    "A lot of respect" doesn't begin to show how much respect I have for the Polish.
    Niech żyje Polska!

  • @bomb6806
    @bomb6806 2 місяці тому +7

    6:38 one of germans walking through the car

  • @rts718
    @rts718 Рік тому +40

    I visited this post office by accident while I was in Poland. The monument outside is hands-down one of the coolest and most powerful that I've ever seen!

  • @fordson51
    @fordson51 Рік тому +57

    Just when I think your work can't get any better, you prove that you can do better. Incredible story and one that should be remembered.

    • @P1gga
      @P1gga Рік тому

      It just a joke, thats uncompareble with Soviet soldiers in Stalingrad and Belarusian partisans...

  • @SturerHetzerekPL
    @SturerHetzerekPL 3 місяці тому +4

    Im from Poland and proud of this polish resistance against Germans.
    Chwała i Cześć Bohaterom. 🇵🇱🫡

  • @ELCADAROSA
    @ELCADAROSA Рік тому +74

    Very late delivery, but worth every second.
    While Poles have been the butt of many jokes over the years, the stand that these men made, and the numerous contributions the Poles (military and civilian) made to win WWII haven’t been given enough credit until recently.
    Congratulations to YarnHub for another outstanding video.

    • @mareksicinski449
      @mareksicinski449 10 місяців тому

      in america, it wasn't even really 'the poles', stereotypes at best abt polish-americans

  • @johnbertrand4135
    @johnbertrand4135 Рік тому +902

    As part German and part Polish, I should feel convicted, but I proud for the Poles not surrendering at first

    • @maxbennett5412
      @maxbennett5412 Рік тому +75

      Regardless of ancestry I think a last stand like that is just impressive.

    • @johnbertrand4135
      @johnbertrand4135 Рік тому +39

      Oh I agree full heartedly @@maxbennett5412 Just seeing the Polish soldiers fighting without help from the Main Army was amazing. I just know I'm part Polish and Part German

    • @ryleeculla5570
      @ryleeculla5570 Рік тому +25

      You know what they say NEVER SURRENDER

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 Рік тому +2

      Invade the neighbors or see if they need a painter.

    • @james-faulkner
      @james-faulkner Рік тому +15

      "convicted" = "conflicted"
      "proud" = "glad/happy/comradery for" in this instance. Be proud of things you have accomplished, not what others have.
      Only attempting to assist with your vocabulary to make your point clearer.

  • @robindranathmitra2987
    @robindranathmitra2987 Рік тому +5

    I am so glad to have stumbled upon your page. You have done what I always wanted to do. Cheers.

  • @tomaszzbikowaty2854
    @tomaszzbikowaty2854 Рік тому +299

    Dark fact: The judges who sentenced surviving defenders who capitulated to be executed after the WW2 were a respected and well paid lawyers and they never were punished for this warcrime...

    • @_1_05_
      @_1_05_ 10 місяців тому +4

      Can’t do much against the law you know…

    • @SzymonPmc
      @SzymonPmc 7 місяців тому +12

      @@_1_05_ Nuremberg defense

    • @_1_05_
      @_1_05_ 7 місяців тому +1

      @@SzymonPmc yeah but that’s different since those figures were largely known and didn’t deny any claims

    • @cristiancastro8734
      @cristiancastro8734 7 місяців тому +7

      Eran soldados polacos disfrazados de carteros, por lo tanto, fueron tratados como saboteadores

    • @hohetannen4703
      @hohetannen4703 6 місяців тому +2

      @@cristiancastro8734they always leave out that part

  • @derkaiser420
    @derkaiser420 Рік тому +80

    Huge respect. Imagine getting burned out and still wanting to fight. Great animation as per usual.

  • @6red6blazen66
    @6red6blazen66 3 місяці тому

    Your Physics with the vehicles is evolving, it's getting more realistic. That's why i love watching your videos. Most of my knowledge on WW2 and other conflicts came from you.

  • @HH-pm6mj
    @HH-pm6mj Рік тому +47

    The details on the people’s faces are nothing short of incredible. You guy’s animation gets better per video. I admire the skill :)

  • @E_GG_O
    @E_GG_O Рік тому +182

    I can't believe how the animation graphics are so life like, and you guys make a video quite consistently. Good job😐👍

  • @troybaxter
    @troybaxter 7 місяців тому +12

    You can say these men went POSTAL

  • @Wanderer628
    @Wanderer628 Рік тому +109

    Amazing how even so early in the war, the SS and regular German army were so quick to commit war crimes.

    • @zbigniewmalec4816
      @zbigniewmalec4816 Рік тому +31

      First war crime was shooting down railwaymen near the bridge in Tczew (Dirschau). This attack was actually done 30 minutes earlier than opening shots in Gdańsk.

    • @carstenstille8503
      @carstenstille8503 Рік тому +4

      Did you heard of the Bromberg Bloody Sunday?

    • @mikoajbaczynski3733
      @mikoajbaczynski3733 Рік тому +9

      ​@@carstenstille8503
      About that one evening when a retreating Polish army singlehandely executed 50 000 Germans in a single town? Yes, I did.

    • @mikoajbaczynski3733
      @mikoajbaczynski3733 Рік тому +11

      To be fair, the killings in Bromberg did take place, even though they were in no way as severe as the German propaganda said they were and simply cannot justify the extent of German atrocities.

    • @moscuadelendaest
      @moscuadelendaest Рік тому +5

      @@mikoajbaczynski3733 no no, it was a platoon, and they shot 150 000 Germans

  • @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785
    @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 Рік тому +24

    Brings a whole new meaning to the classic phrase, "Don't go postal".
    Awesome video, great animation....loved the facial expressions, it really brings the characters life!

  • @nickhaynie5980
    @nickhaynie5980 Рік тому +26

    This Marines says "Oorah, to all those brave Polish postman!" May they rest in peace.

    • @jude8223
      @jude8223 8 місяців тому

      My Polish grandmother came to America at age 13. She often spoke of the well-known bravery of the Polish soldiers in World War II.

  • @JulianSki
    @JulianSki Рік тому +68

    I am so glad that you guys covered these heroes. It’s a last stand that’s not talked about a lot and what they did was amazing! ❤️🇵🇱

  • @obeliks_potowski
    @obeliks_potowski Рік тому +21

    I live in Gdańsk and i was there a few days ago. It's still a post office

  • @AlexMilenk
    @AlexMilenk Рік тому +3

    Never hear about this before, great thanks for the info, and great respect for the postmen of Gdansk. Even if WW2 was so thoroughly popular and examined event, every now and then resurface some little, unknown, utterly heroic event like this.

  • @mpingo91
    @mpingo91 Рік тому +140

    I don't know if it was mentioned (I skipped a bit in the film) but just in case: the Germans doused a ten-year-old girl, Erwina Barzychowska, with gasoline and set her on fire with a flamethrower.
    She survived those flames, but then died intentionally untreated by German doctors in the Gdansk City Hospital *for seven weeks* ...

    • @blinkstar9013
      @blinkstar9013 8 місяців тому +18

      pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

    • @orwell1823
      @orwell1823 8 місяців тому +3

      @@blinkstar9013 seems nothing is there.

    • @EliuSosa22-
      @EliuSosa22- 8 місяців тому

      She died in her defense of the post office ​@@orwell1823

    • @PlHitman
      @PlHitman 8 місяців тому +10

      pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

    • @midgetarmy1912
      @midgetarmy1912 8 місяців тому

      @@orwell1823 Just read it, what are you talking about?

  • @major_kukri2430
    @major_kukri2430 Рік тому +29

    Don't mess with the mailmen. They know where everyone lives.

  • @AnAbsurdExistence
    @AnAbsurdExistence 9 місяців тому +1

    brings a tear to my eye, what a commendable holdout against such an overwhelming force

  • @LuigianoMariano
    @LuigianoMariano Рік тому +13

    Salty Germans: That is *PERFIDY!!* THEY ARE *UNLAWFUL COMBATANTS!!*
    Polish: You're just mad that you got owned by veterans who work for the post office.

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP Рік тому

      Lie all you want, but they were fighting illegally as trained militia by a nationalistic Polish army officer

    • @randomnobodovsky3692
      @randomnobodovsky3692 Рік тому +2

      @@KrokLP So, we have a neo-nazi here, claiming uniformed postmen were somehow "illegall" defending from invaders. Weird times.

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP Рік тому +1

      @@randomnobodovsky3692 Then check out what the "Neo-Nazis" that wrote the geneva convention had to say about un-uniformed combatants

  • @american357
    @american357 Рік тому +46

    Finally! :D
    Thanks Yarnhub, I've been looking up to finally being able to watch this video that you guys have been preparing for the last couple of weeks.
    I'm sure It'll be spectacular and the quality will be as outstanding as always 😉

  • @benm6457
    @benm6457 11 місяців тому +2

    This channel is so damn good. Can’t believe I just found it. Keep up this damn good work!

  • @harry170183
    @harry170183 Рік тому +12

    There is a movie about the defence of the Polish Post Office "Wolne Miasto" from 1958, directed by Stanislaw Rozewicz - same man, who directed another war movie "Westerplatte" in 1967. Both worth seeing, can be found on YT.

  • @dominicevans2541
    @dominicevans2541 Рік тому +36

    it is crazy how far yarnhub's animation skills have come. they were amazing before but now.. they are deserving as cutscenes in a video game. bravo

  • @PitBit
    @PitBit 11 місяців тому +2

    Very nice video with carefully reproduced details consistent with historical truth. The story selection is also well chosen. It was great to watch.

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. Рік тому +30

    It's great to see you cover another Polish episode of WW2! There are plenty more you could do in the future, like the defence of Westerplatte, which was hinted at in this very video at 1:50. But the one I would love to see the most, and I think would be perfect for this channel, is the liberation of the KL Warschau (Warsaw concentration camp) aka "Gęsiówka", on 5 August 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising. It includes the insurgents successfully using a captured Panther tank.

    • @drdaveyjones6216
      @drdaveyjones6216 Рік тому +5

      Would love to see them cover the Polish actions at Monte Cassino, and the Falaise pocket.

    • @ldkbudda4176
      @ldkbudda4176 10 місяців тому

      What about occupation, pseudo-referendum and annexation of the Capital of Lithuania Vilnius? Same pseudoreferendum did Putin in the Crimea, Ukraine!

  • @Tobi_1301
    @Tobi_1301 Рік тому +23

    How can you still increase the intensity and quality of this animations?
    It feels nearly as if I was in the post office myself, running across hallways with the poles, fighting off the SS!
    Your animations are so amazing, I dont even know a word for that!
    Keep it going! Please!

  • @Thomassdoor
    @Thomassdoor Рік тому +30

    It’s amazing how fast the production quality on these amazing videos has gone up. I would love to see remakes of some of the old sabaton music videos with these new models and stuff (specifically night witches because I lived that one.) Keep up the great work Yarnhub!

  • @vikes7to14
    @vikes7to14 Рік тому +15

    This is 100% the best animation yet. It gets better and better every video. I love the story too, but what a sad end for such a noble leader.

  • @moniqueena2279
    @moniqueena2279 Рік тому +4

    Imagine getting your whole fucking platoon get destroyed by a polish post officer with a LMG single handedly.

  • @MeIsNoob48
    @MeIsNoob48 Рік тому +39

    If i had a nickel for every time a Postmen/Courier was able to hold off a group that's way stronger than them I'd have 2 nickels
    Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice

    • @ryanmccolloch4734
      @ryanmccolloch4734 Рік тому +6

      Seeing the price of stamps today almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

  • @privatecanook
    @privatecanook Рік тому +12

    10:15 no wonder Germany ran out of fuel.

  • @keithbuddrige5064
    @keithbuddrige5064 Місяць тому

    These documentaries are amazing. I am not a Pole, I do have Polish blood in me back from the Napoleon days, there is a misunderstand about Poland and WWII that the Polish didn't fight hard, the reality is they had both the German Nazi machine as well as the Russian Soviet machine hitting them at the same time. Although their equipment wasn't to the modern standards of Germany, they fought hard with a resolve that can't be captured unless you talk to one of their Veterans.
    I did have the honour of serving alongside the Poles in Afghanistan, they are amazing people and I'm so glad your channel is documenting this important part of history.
    The approach of the videos, the graphics, the narration, the attention to detail is brilliant.
    Please keep this up and know that I am extremely grateful.
    I love watching your videos when they come out.

  • @alpacaofthemountain8760
    @alpacaofthemountain8760 Рік тому +12

    Absolute heroes. O7
    One of your best videos, these “small” battle -focused videos are amazing

  • @kommandantgalileo
    @kommandantgalileo Рік тому +17

    Note: The Armored Cars in this video is the Steyr ADGZ

    • @winter15motivation44
      @winter15motivation44 Рік тому

      Good

    • @kommandantgalileo
      @kommandantgalileo Рік тому +1

      @thegamer1429 I haven't before this video, I just decided to search up German Armored Cars of WW2 and found it.

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP Рік тому +1

      They are Austrian vehicles that saw service in the German army after the Anschluß

    • @kommandantgalileo
      @kommandantgalileo Рік тому

      @@KrokLP yup

  • @tomaszkazmierski7101
    @tomaszkazmierski7101 8 місяців тому +1

    Great job! Thank you for memorizing this heroic episode!

  • @Balkan_Thunder
    @Balkan_Thunder Рік тому +161

    It was an amazing story/video but unfortunately with a very sad story, gj yarnhub

    • @YOSEPHAlehegne-mo3cj
      @YOSEPHAlehegne-mo3cj 4 місяці тому +1

      Bro calling yourself Jesus is a sin pls repent and change your username

  • @Axis-allies4728
    @Axis-allies4728 Рік тому +16

    5:03 has me dying

    • @IsaahNasir
      @IsaahNasir 9 місяців тому +4

      He was like- "Well, ze're fooked..."

    • @Axis-allies4728
      @Axis-allies4728 9 місяців тому

      @@IsaahNasir fr

  • @Tjbilo
    @Tjbilo Рік тому +3

    I love how your animations have improved over time

  • @Panzernumbawan
    @Panzernumbawan Рік тому +22

    damn yarnhub you've really stepped it up with your animation, nice work!

  • @drrisen-9442
    @drrisen-9442 Рік тому +49

    As an American postal worker, I salute my polish brothers in postal satchels (and arms apparently.)

  • @iamthesword1180
    @iamthesword1180 10 місяців тому +1

    In THE TIN DRUM by Günter Grass, there is a very intense scene describing the defense of the Polish Post, too.

  • @angloturbo7137
    @angloturbo7137 Рік тому +10

    0:13 when the post office doesnt deliver your package on time😂

  • @arminius416
    @arminius416 6 місяців тому +2

    in english it is also called Danzig: The free city of Danzig, the main langauge in the city was german and it was not really mentioned here that the free city itself actually lead the attack on the office
    6:28 "the polish builders did their job well"
    i thought the building was originally build by the germans as a military hospital

  • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
    @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Рік тому +19

    Even without the Winged Hussars, the Poles are still a badass in the battlefield!
    Also! Were those pop-ups and glitches Spiderverse inspired? If so, it was really cool! Love your work Yarnhub!

  • @siaratan9982
    @siaratan9982 Рік тому +11

    The animation quality has became phenomenal! Hats off to the animators bringing life once again to the great heroes of the war. I salute you all, defenders of the free poland!

  • @TerraFungus
    @TerraFungus Рік тому +5

    Thanks you from Poland, you does great job in that film.
    And take my sub ;)

  • @bkayser05
    @bkayser05 Рік тому +6

    Never underestimate a postal employee. It's surprising but many post offices in the US used to hold weapons as a federal building until around the 1970s. Retired letter carriers I know used to mention how they were still locked up into the 1980s. If it's true in the US, it would absolutely be the same in Europe.
    Great job but not surprising for Poles, they were incredibly brave and never backed down in World War 2, despite being frequently outgunned and outmanned.

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 Рік тому

      it was a special case there, bc there was fear of brinkmanship/small scale attacxk or provocation in nazi party ruled Danzig

  • @thestoicsteve
    @thestoicsteve Рік тому +11

    The level of animation is getting very good and improving. Another great story. Thanks.

  • @HenriMarcinkowski
    @HenriMarcinkowski Рік тому +2

    THANK YOU YARNHUB. My grandma, as a young child freed multiple soldiers and victims of concentration camps. Please make more videos on Poland, in order so more people could recognize how much the Poles have changed the war. Thank you

  • @stevemc01
    @stevemc01 Рік тому +7

    This animation feels more like a real camera-recorded documentary with drone complements.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Рік тому +15

    I've heard of these brave men's last stand against tyranny. And I salute them. Yeah know this would make a super cool Sabaton song.

  • @Shadow-ik2re
    @Shadow-ik2re 6 місяців тому +1

    I ve been to that postoffice building once and heard that story for the first time. As a German I am always so sad hearing of our past conflicts in Europe. I m happy it is now as it is and we are colleagues friends neighbors or even couples ❤

    • @damianb8322
      @damianb8322 6 місяців тому

      As a Polander, I fully share your beliefs. Unfortunately, there are still Germans with sleazy, anti-Polish prejudices, who mentally have not yet left the first half of the 20th century. Generally speaking, Germans know their Polish neighbors surprisingly little, even though we have a common history for over a thousand years, a history that has not always been bad! It was Prussia that contaminated Polish-German relations. We must also remember that only Russians and Americans benefited from World War II.

  • @DrAhzek
    @DrAhzek Рік тому +13

    That is...actually very interesting and refreshing to see such a high quality content about "niche" subjects surrounding early days of the war and the invasion of Poland without too much bias. It is very heartening that more people outside of Poland will learn about these brave men and women that tried their best to hold against treacherous invasion from the west...and half a month later also from the east. Especially Gdansk/Danzig was an interesting case, with a lot of things going on in the beginning and at the end of the war.
    The post office, Defense of Westerplatte, Battle of Hel, Stutthof (the first concentration camp that Germans established outside of Germany..and the last one to be liberated by Allies)...also the period of "liberation" by the Soviets that turned this area into a wild west anarchy for a few months - a lot of stuff that can be covered just about that period alone. It's also a symbolic place for the "beginning of the end" of communism in Europe.
    Being born and living most of my life in Gdansk, I can say most "Danzigers" here are quite proud of their city's history, always being that "rich&free city of multicultural merchants" regardless of who actually tried to rule it - be it Poland, Teutonic Knights, Prussia or Germany. Even in modern days, the city and surrounding Pomeranian region is the more progressive one in Poland (politically and socially speaking). Some even try to revive that "local nationalism", hoping for that free-city status once again...while hardly possible, it is a romantic idea for a lot of locals tired with constant bickering with the capital (I'd say it's a bit like NY or Shanghai pride?).

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP Рік тому

      Love how you mention details like Stutthof but leave out the depopulation and deportation of Germans, the repressions against German language and culture. "Germans you live in Poland, speak Polish!"

    • @DrAhzek
      @DrAhzek Рік тому +6

      @@KrokLP If you mention postwar actions, you do realize that it was mostly soviet thing, along with switching borders on the east and west of Poland? Poland had literally no say in this as a puppet state at this point? Argue about it to Stalin and Rosevelt.
      Reason was simple - homoethnic states are easier to control. Thats why they repopulated a lot of polish people from western Ukraine as well, moving them to ex-German pomeranian settlements. A lot of older people there tell sad, shameful stories how they were given houses with „meals still warm on the table”, with soviet soldiers ordering them to not ask questions.
      Now, if you by any means try to push this as pre-war Gdansk policies, you are delusional. Gdansk in the interwar period was dominated by Germans, most offices were held by Germans and any attempts of reaching them by a Polish person were blocked on ethnic background. I will agree with A.H. here - Danzig was German, at least from inside. Only 3.7% was Polish, a gentle reminder of cultural cleansings and germanization done by German Empire before WW1.

    • @fuxihutterer8088
      @fuxihutterer8088 Рік тому

      it was all german always has been

  • @drill_fiend1097
    @drill_fiend1097 Рік тому +11

    Not only the graphics are improved, but also the portrayal of details that happened! Nice work 👍

  • @thecocktailian2091
    @thecocktailian2091 10 місяців тому +1

    Could you imagine mounting a defense like that in a modern day building? It would be over in two minutes. The 20mm guns would reduce the building to rubble after two shots. And the first shot missed.

  • @pancygarek5686
    @pancygarek5686 Рік тому +5

    Great Job! As a someone from Gdansk who learned about this for a local history exam I'm blown away by how accurate this is! ❤

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  Рік тому

      Thank you! 😃

    • @alexhauser5043
      @alexhauser5043 Рік тому +1

      *Danzig

    • @pancygarek5686
      @pancygarek5686 Рік тому

      @@alexhauser5043 Quick question do you or any of your relatives live in Gdansk? I'm not of the opinion that Gdansk is some sort of Polish core city because many ethinicties helped build what it is today for example not only Germans and Poles but also Kashubs and Dutch and if you want to look solely on demographics than even before the war it wasn't purely Germans living there not to mention the fact that during the times of the German Empire polsih culture was purposely erased. The fact is the correct english name is Gdansk.

    • @alexhauser5043
      @alexhauser5043 Рік тому

      @@pancygarek5686 Danzig is German. Constantinople is Greek. Kiev is Russian.

    • @pancygarek5686
      @pancygarek5686 Рік тому

      @@alexhauser5043 I see you're just a troll

  • @Doosteroni
    @Doosteroni Рік тому +4

    I have to say, the quality of this video is unparalleled. Bravo!

  • @worldwarIIstori
    @worldwarIIstori Місяць тому

    Fascinating story! I had no idea postmen played such a courageous role. Great video!

  • @TheCheffer76
    @TheCheffer76 Рік тому +6

    You are at the top of the many stellar history channels on UA-cam. Thank you for all you do in capturing the imaginations of my kids as well as my nieces and nephews.
    Edit- I forgot to include that your tank videos have encouraged my kids to quiz my dad on his fathers stories of the bulge and his losing many friends. I spent many hours talking to my Grandpa John and because of your content my kids are doing the same thing with their grandpa.

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  Рік тому

      Thank you for the kind words.

    • @christianschulz1443
      @christianschulz1443 Рік тому

      @@Yarnhub honestly your spinning of the truth is embarassing and seeing how it works on people with no clue is just sad you are not an historian.

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  Рік тому +2

      @@christianschulz1443 We have 2 full time professional historians researching these. But any insights you can give we'll take on board.

    • @christianschulz1443
      @christianschulz1443 Рік тому

      @@Yarnhub how come you have so many mistakes then ????

    • @mikemandalorian9226
      @mikemandalorian9226 Рік тому

      @@christianschulz1443 Point one mistake then, all you did was screaming at him like a little toddler without giving examples and PROOF. Give sources of your information and it better not be some blogspot post xD

  • @stonedtowel
    @stonedtowel Рік тому +9

    Never underestimate a honey badger, and most certainly never underestimate the Polish.

  • @BlanderStrudel
    @BlanderStrudel Рік тому +1

    This new thumbnail and title are much better than the previous one, well done! I must admit that before seeing this video, I was not attracted to the previous thmbnail and title. Then, after watching the video, I realized I totally underestimated it.

  • @yaneyobe3147
    @yaneyobe3147 Рік тому +5

    Just discovered this channel, never subbed so quickly to anyone, top job on story telling and animations 👍

  • @jfd9616
    @jfd9616 Рік тому +4

    I swear, you could make a movie out of just animation.

  • @Markzegamger
    @Markzegamger 6 місяців тому

    5:00 BROS FACE WAS LEGIT SAYING”you have got to be kidding”